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When Sven Kraemer, one of the hard-liners on Allen's staff at the NSC, saw cables reporting on Nitze's discussions with the Soviets in Geneva, he complained, "Once Paul gets hungry for a deal, all the instructions in the world won't keep him from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Arms Control: Behind Closed Doors | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

The Atlantic in its immense indifference was not aware that man-made cables on its slimy bottom contained news, that the silent heavens above pulsed with news-news that would set thousands of printing presses in motion, news that would make sirens scream in every U. S. city, news that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS 1927: Flight: Lindbergh's Solo Flight to Paris | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

By itself, the personal computer is a machine with formidable capabilities for tabulating, modeling or recording. Those capabilities can be multiplied almost indefinitely by plugging it into a network of other computers. This is generally done by attaching a desktop model to a telephone line (two-way cables and earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACHINE OF THE YEAR 1982: The Computer Moves In | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

At home, the regime remains in power by ruthlessly silencing any potential opponents. Since 1980 more than a hundred political prisoners have disappeared, never to be heard from again. Amnesty International, a London-based organization that monitors violations of human rights, has received hundreds of accounts of torture in Syria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Syria: The Proud Lion and His Den | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

Khonkar is one of the thousands of Saudis who have gone into business to take part in the oil-sparked economic boom. He started in 1969 as an importer of building materials. Two years ago, he and some other investors formed their own cab company with several white Chevrolets. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Desert Buggies | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

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